Robot Unicorn Attack has come a long way since it first appeared on the web in 2010. Throughout the years, Adult Swim Games' signature title has treated us to plentiful sparkles, faeries, cheesy Erasure tunes, and the cheery reminder that death is always imminent. We'll get another chance to experience the magic soon, as Robot Unicorn Attack 3 arrives next week.
Adult Swim Games teased Robot Unicorn Attack 3 on Twitter today, sharing a gif of a robot unicorn bursting forth through cloud, scattering rubble in its wake. That's about all the information we got, however. The gif does hint at some enhanced visuals, suggesting that perhaps the series is making a departure from its customary 2D sidescrolling schtick. We're likely to find out in the spring when the game launches.
It's time to wield your trusty pizza cutter again, as Amateur Surgeon has returned with a whole fresh set of challenges (and some old, familiar ones, too). Starting anew isn't easy, especially when all you have at your disposal is a lighter, the aforementioned pizza cutter, and an office stapler to get the job done. We believe in you, though, and we've even prepared a few tips to help you improve right away.
Playing the badguy can be pretty fun, as we've mentioned when we reviewed Castle Doombad earlier this year. But playing the badguy for super-cheap is downright awesome.
For a limited time you can jump into the shoes (scrubs?) of the infamous Dr. Lord Evilstein as he captures princesses and fends off do-gooding heroes. You'll get to set up traps, summon minions, collect screams, and slaughter goodguys by the dozens - all for a buck. That's a reasonable price to pay for eventual world domination, right?
Whether or not your intentions are good or ill, you can download Castle Doombad right now for $0.99.
Adult Swim Games and Mediatonic have soft launched a new trial-racing game to the App Store in Canada and other territories: Outlaw Delivery. So, I strapped on my helmet and put some curds and gravy on fries for this edition of It Came From Canada!
Outlaw Delivery takes after titles like Trials, Extreme Road Trip, and Zombie Road Trip as a physics-centered trial-racing game where players must try to make it to the end as quickly as possible, but also in one piece. Players' health is regulated by the health of their cargo: rough landings and hard collisions will damage the cargo, and that's not gonna be good for anyone. Especially so if trying to get the gears, the game's star system. One requires players to stay above a certain health percentage, and three gold gears usually requires both a fast time and high health.
Controls are simple: there are gas and reverse buttons, which serve as spin forward and backward buttons respectively, while in mid-air. Players get extra gold for tricks like spins (which are very difficult to do), wheelies, perfect landings, and even just getting air time in the first place. Players have a limited amount of fuel to work with, though more can be collected mid-level, and just letting gravity and momentum keep oneself going is an option to conserve fuel.
As far as monetization goes, the game uses only one currency - gold - which is spent on buying new bikes, upgrades, and better parts. There's no secondary currency, and no energy mechanic at all, which is very good because there's a lot of retrying involved, and grinding to do better and get more money plays a significant part in the game. It's a lot quicker to just buy it outright of course, but hey, at least the option is there to try and earn it. While Adult Swim Games has been unafraid to use energy-type systems before, like in Amateur Surgeon 3 (though that only reduced players' lives when they die), this is definitely a much friendlier system than what most publishers implement. Of course, friendliness and free-to-play don't often mix, so whether this makes any money is a good question.
Outlaw Delivery should at least prove to be rather entertaining: it trods well-worn territory, but it has the production values and the base appeal that most Adult Swim Games' titles have. This should be one worth keeping an eye on when it launches worldwide.
Super Monsters Ate My Condo is now available to download for free! In our review, Carter Dotson gave it a superb rating stating that its "structural changes make it an improved experience compared to the original."
Super Monsters Ate My Condo is all about scoring as many points as possible in 2 minutes or less and now you can do that for free!
